Splice-bar or holder.



F. B. BYERS.

SPLIGE BAR 0R HOLDER.

APPUCATIDM men DEC. n. 1913.

Pmmi m. "z, 1915 M? m mam I N tweets.

FIRM B. BYERS, OF NEW YUEK, N. Y.

srLIcnBan. on HOLDER.

b all whom 'itmay concern:

Be it'known that I, FIRM B. Brass, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Splice-Bars or Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to improvements in splice bars orholders for rails, and has for its object to provide a device of thischaracter so constructed that when clamped upon the base flanges of'therail the likelihood of breaking or cracking of the base flanges iseliminated.

A further object of the invention is to provide splice bars or holdersfor application at "the meeting ends of rail sections, or immediate theends thereof, said splice bars being adapted to rest upon a plurality ofties so as to prevent the same from moving toward or away from eachother.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a. device of thischaracter which will operate with equal success upon sixty foot rails orthe conventional thirty foot rail, said device being so constructed asto permit the usual expansion and contraction due to the change oftemperature, but at the same time preventing sliding or buckling of therails usually prevalent due to heavy tratlic thereover. l

A still further object of the invention is to provide a splice or holderwhich will-impart to the rails the necessary stability. With these andother objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features ofconstruction, formation, combination and. arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end View. Fig. 4 is avertical sectional view through the device.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the usual. railsections, which comprise the webs and base flanges 2 and 3,respectively, said webs being provided with the usual bolt openings 4,and through which clamping bolts 5 are passed.

The splice bars 6 are provided with aper- Specification of LettersPatent.

tion upon the meeting ends of the rails, or

' "lugs 8, the lower edges of which being disposed below the plane oi.the flanges 9, said lugs having their opposite ends integrally connectedto the adjacent ends of the flanges 9 by angularly shaped tie engagingsections 10 which are downwardly inclined so to more readilyengage theconfronting faces of the ties 11.

Formed near the outer end of each bar or holder 6 are tie engagingsections 12, the same being also angularly shaped and are inclinedoutwardly so as to engage the outer. faces of the ties l1.

The sections 12 are integrally connected to the flanges 9 by the plates13, said plates serving to efi ectuallybrace the sections 32.

The flanges 9 are adapted to rest upon the ties 11, and at which timethe tie engaging sections 10 and 12 will engage the ties so as toprevent creeping thereof, and at the sametime the bars or holders willbe held against creeping. Y

The base flan es 3 of the rails rest upon the fiat surfaces 1% of theflanges 9, said sur' Patented Dec, '"Z, Application filed December 17,1913. Serial No. 8015248.

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faces terminating at their outer sides in channels 15, said channelsbeing of dimensions that will permit the outer edges of the base flangesto project thereinto so that space 1'6 is formed above the outer edgethe basefiange, and a space 17 below the same, thus preventing theinitial weight of the trailic from breaking the rail base flanges, asthe weight of the trafiic will be equalized at the points A, B and C,said points being vertically alined so that the weight of the trailicwill be received. upon the flanges 9.

, When sixty foot rails are in nse the bars 1 or holders will not onlyhe clamped at, the

meeting ends of the rails, but will be placed intermediate thereof,vvthus permitting the use of such rails, which would spread or buckle itthe bars or holders were applied only at the meetin ends as the slidinmovement of a sixty foot rail is greater than that of a thirty footrail.

What is claimed is The combination with a track rail, of splice barshaving integral rail base receiv ing flanges, the ends of said flangeshaving formed therewith inwardly directed plates, said plates beingconnected at their inner edges to the flanges by outwardly inclinedtriangular sections, inwardly and downwardly directed lugsformedi'ntegrai with the; base flanges intermediate their ends, tieengaging sections connecting the ends of the lugs to the flanges, saidtie engaging sections being disposed opposite the first named sections;and being adapted to engage the confronting sides of a pair of ties whenthe first named sections engage the outer sides of said pair of ties.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 1 my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FIRM B. BYERS.

Witnesses SULLIVAN V. JOHNSON, Rom. E. MATTiNGLY.

